An improved stool thick-smear technique for quantitative diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection

Borda, C.E.; Pellegrino, J.

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 13(2): 71-75

1971


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-4665
PMID: 5005736
Document Number: 42600
A modification to Kato's method for direct faecal smear examination, which preserves the ova and makes them easy to see, is described. A clearing and preserving solution consisting of polyethylene glycol, formalin and saturated saline is used instead of the glycerine and malachite green solution. With this method, hookworm eggs do not collapse.

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